Welcome back or welcome to the Single Track Podcast.

I'm your host, Finn Melanson, and this episode is actually a crossover pod with another show hosted by friend and frequent collaborator Brett Hornig.

It's called Conversational Pace, which is hosted exclusively on YouTube.

This show provides gear reviews on the latest trail running related products.

And in this episode, Brett and I catch up in the final hours of our industry's primary trade show,

the running event in Austin, Texas, which occurred this past week, to recap everything we've seen and heard on the floor from brands, retailers, and fellow media personnel.

Consider this a peek into a few aspects of the future of our sport, at least from our vantage

points.

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That is k-E-N-footwear.com. Brett, we are, I don't know, 40-ish hours into

this whirlwind two-day festival. How are you doing? It's kind of hard to believe that there's

technically only four more hours left of the trade show, but at the same time, there's still

four more hours left of the trade show.

I'm hurt. I need an Advil. Where's the Advil booth? If you could put a percentage on how much you

planned to accomplish versus what you still have left, where's the bar at? I think I'm at like 80%

right now. That's great. I've got two more

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